A custom notes vault management with shell script, jq and git.

datsvault

#!/bin/sh

config_file="$HOME/.config/datsvault.json"

if [ ! -e "$config_file" ]; then
  echo "Config file '$config_file' does not exist. Creating one..."

  mkdir -p "$HOME/.config"
  echo '{"vault_path": "'"$HOME/.config/datsvault"'", "terminal": "alacritty", "vault_repo": "null"}' > "$config_file"

  # Prettify the config file
  tmp=$(mktemp)
  jq . "$config_file" > "$tmp"
  mv "$tmp" "$config_file"

  echo "Config file created. Please edit it and try again."
  exit 0
fi

vault_path=$(jq -r '.vault_path' "$config_file")
term_app=$(jq -r '.terminal' "$config_file")
vault_repo=$(jq -r '.vault_repo' "$config_file")

if [ ! -d "$vault_path" ]; then
  if [ "$vault_repo" = "null" ]; then
    echo "Vault path '$vault_path' does not exist. Please create it and try again."
    exit 1
  else
    echo "Vault path '$vault_path' does not exist. Cloning the remote repository..."

    mkdir -p "$vault_path"
    git clone "$vault_repo" "$vault_path"

    echo "Remote repository cloned."
  fi
fi

case "$1" in
  -n)
    title="$(date '+%Y-%m-%d')"
    note_path="$vault_path/$title.md"
    echo "---" >> "$note_path"
    echo "title: \"$title\"" >> "$note_path"
    echo "---" >> "$note_path"

    tmux new-session -d -s "$title" "nvim '$note_path'; tmux kill-session -t $title"
    $term_app -e tmux attach-session -t "$title" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
    disown
    ;;
  -d)
    note="$2"
    note_path=$(fd "$note" "$vault_path" | head -n 1)
    if [ -n "$note_path" ]; then
      title=$(grep -m 1 '^title: ' "$note_path" | sed 's/^title: "\(.*\)"/\1/')
      trash-put "$note_path"
      echo "Note '$title' deleted."
    else
      echo "Note '$note' not found."
      exit 1
    fi
    ;;
  -l)
    selected_note=$(fd '\.md$|\.mdx$' "$vault_path" --type f | fzf)
    if [ -n "$selected_note" ]; then
      title=$(grep -m 1 '^title: ' "$selected_note" | sed 's/^title: "\(.*\)"/\1/')
      tmux new-session -d -s "$title" "nvim '$selected_note'; tmux kill-session -t $title"
      $term_app -e tmux attach-session -t "$title" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
      disown
    fi
    ;;
  -s)
    pushd "$vault_path" || exit 1

    git add .

    if git diff --quiet --exit-code --cached && git diff --quiet --exit-code; then
      echo "No changes to commit in the vault."
    else
      only_deletions=$(git diff --cached --name-status | grep '^D' | wc -l)
      only_additions=$(git diff --cached --name-status | grep '^A' | wc -l)

      staged_files=$(git diff --cached --name-only)

      if [ "$only_deletions" -gt 0 ] && [ "$only_additions" -eq 0 ]; then
        commit_msg="refactor: delete $only_deletions file(s)"
      elif [ "$only_deletions" -eq 0 ] && [ "$only_additions" -gt 0 ]; then
        commit_msg="feat: add $only_additions file(s)"
      else
        commit_msg="refactor: update $staged_files"
      fi

      git commit -m "$commit_msg"
      
      # Assuming you are pushing to the 'main' branch of the 'origin' remote
      git push origin main

      echo "Vault updated and pushed to the remote repository with commit message: $commit_msg"
    fi

    popd || exit 1
    ;;
  -u)
    pushd "$vault_path" && git pull origin main && popd
    echo "Vault updated with changes from the remote repository."
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: $0 [-n | -d note | -l | -s | -u]"
    exit 1
    ;;
esac